As a co-owner of The Whitener Group, Jenn serves as COO of The Whitener Group and provides strategic facilitation and economic development support for tribes and tribal enterprises.

As the former Business Development Director for Island Enterprises (IEI), the economic development corporation for Squaxin Island Tribe, Jennifer was in charge of marketing and advertising for IEI’s eight diverse businesses. She was also responsible for researching, writing, and implementing business plans for many of the tribally owned corporations.

Jennifer holds an MBA in Sustainable Business from Pinchot University. Her expertise lies in economic development, strategic planning, nonprofit organizational development, entrepreneurial systems, marketing, and financial analysis.

Anna King calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest. She reports for Northwest Public Broadcasting. She covers the wide opens of Washington and Oregon, from nuclear reactors to Mexican rodeos. 

King also recently created, wrote and hosted a popular podcast called Ghost Herd, which explores the mystery of $244 million worth of cattle that went missing. Her other large project is called Daughters of Hanford – stories of women and their relationship to creating or cleaning up 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. 

Anna’s work has been recognized with two Gracie awards, a Sigma Delta Chi Award in Breaking News and she was Woman of the Year for Washington State University.